Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hoatching

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hoatch-ing
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Infested; swarming; teeming.

Example Sentences

""Isn't the haill country hoatching with disbanded sojers, men with guns and swords that haven't been paid for months, that'll cut a throat for a couple of maiks?""
"So in 1651, at the age of 16, his adventure began when he took ship from Aberdeen to Danzig, and even on the first leg of his journey to Königsberg, he quickly realised that the country was hoatching with his fellow countrymen."
"Everybody knows that Glasgow is hoatching with film companies shooting movies on its mean streets."

Synonyms

overrun

Questions

What does hoatching mean?: Infested; swarming; teeming.

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